Category: Music

If Comeback Season is what separated Aubrey Graham from Jimmy Brooks, So Far Gone is what separated Drake from Aubrey Graham. I have a bad gauge of talent. I remember back in 2007 when I was making it a routine to sneak-watch episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation over at my friend’s house. Specifically, I …

Neo-Soul is like butter. I have an affinity for music that’s smooth like that. It’s the type that has you unknowingly swaying to the beat. Any music that makes you sway is pure to the core; it knows the art of finesse. It makes the marriage of ethereal vocals with raw instrumentation that’s so unbelievably …

On the teaser for next week’s Love and Hip Hop Hollywood episode Fizz alluded to the fact that it may be time for B2K to come back (Reunion tour, maybe??). J BOOG HIMSELF is even going to make an appearance so they can chat about it. Which got me thinking: Black boy bands from the …

Singer-songwriter, DJ, The Internet front-woman, and super dope individual Syd just dropped a new three song EP “Always Never Home”. It was only last year she dropped her first solo album, so I was majorly surprised when she announced the EP. I was slightly saddened by the fact that it’s only three songs. But, it’s …

Happy Birthday to one of (if not the) realest to ever do it. From Girl’s Tyme to Formation she dominated every step of the way and is a living legend. (Yeah, I said it. It’s true.) If she wasn’t a legend, how could she get all of these iconic women to recreate her Formation outfit (including the …

I pride myself on being ahead of the wave. But, on my always entertaining Twitter feed, I kept seeing people praising Toronto singer Daniel Caesar‘s new album Freudian. First off, I had no idea who this guy Daniel Caesar even was…much less what the word Freudian even meant. So, before I actually listened to the album …

Cole is one of those artists that polarizes hip hop fans. You either adore him, or you think he’s some fake deep corn ball. Trust, I’ve met a lot of fake deep cornballs and Jermaine Cole is certainly not that. I don’t understand the hate that’s been collecting towards him and his fans over the …

In my mind, Sundays are always soon. No matter what ridiculousness the world may bestow upon me during the week, Sundays are my day to do what makes me happy. This often includes endless marathons of The Office and chamomile tea. A perfect combo, if I should say so myself. Here are a couple things …

90s and early 2000s pop will always have a place in my heart. It’s small, oddly shaped, and squished in right next to Flavor of Love re-runs and Creamy Chicken Instant Ramen. But it’s there y’all. Toxic is one of my faves from this glorious era of bubblegum pop. I remember it being stuck in …

Chicago rapper Vic Mensa played a substantial part in the growth of my music taste…whatever that may be. Mensa’s 2013 debut solo mixtape Innanetape was one of the first tapes that I downloaded off of the uber popular free mixtape site DatPiff. This tape built the infrastructure of my now hefty music collection. There’s something …